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ee.Geometry.Point.geodesic

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Setting geodesic to false results in straight edges in the projection, while setting it to true results in edges curved to follow the shortest path on Earth's surface.
The Point.geodesic() method returns a Boolean value.
The Point.geodesic() method can be applied to a Point object in both JavaScript and Python.

If false, edges are straight in the projection. If true, edges are curved to follow the shortest path on the surface of the Earth.

Usage	Returns
`Point. geodesic ()`	Boolean

Argument	Type	Details
this: `geometry`	Geometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 // Define a Point object. 
 var 
  
 point 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Geometry 
 . 
 Point 
 ( 
 - 
 122.082 
 , 
  
 37.42 
 ); 
 // Apply the geodesic method to the Point object. 
 var 
  
 pointGeodesic 
  
 = 
  
 point 
 . 
 geodesic 
 (); 
 // Print the result to the console. 
 print 
 ( 
 'point.geodesic(...) =' 
 , 
  
 pointGeodesic 
 ); 
 // Display relevant geometries on the map. 
 Map 
 . 
 setCenter 
 ( 
 - 
 122.085 
 , 
  
 37.422 
 , 
  
 15 
 ); 
 Map 
 . 
 addLayer 
 ( 
 point 
 , 
  
 { 
 'color' 
 : 
  
 'black' 
 }, 
  
 'Geometry [black]: point' 
 );

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

 import 
  
 ee 
 import 
  
 geemap.core 
  
 as 
  
 geemap

Colab (Python)

 # Define a Point object. 
 point 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 Geometry 
 . 
 Point 
 ( 
 - 
 122.082 
 , 
 37.42 
 ) 
 # Apply the geodesic method to the Point object. 
 point_geodesic 
 = 
 point 
 . 
 geodesic 
 () 
 # Print the result. 
 display 
 ( 
 'point.geodesic(...) =' 
 , 
 point_geodesic 
 ) 
 # Display relevant geometries on the map. 
 m 
 = 
 geemap 
 . 
 Map 
 () 
 m 
 . 
 set_center 
 ( 
 - 
 122.085 
 , 
 37.422 
 , 
 15 
 ) 
 m 
 . 
 add_layer 
 ( 
 point 
 , 
 { 
 'color' 
 : 
 'black' 
 }, 
 'Geometry [black]: point' 
 ) 
 m

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Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.Geometry.Point.geodesic